Attachment for brooms



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Patented Aug. 25, 1896.

Nirnn STATES PATENT Fl lCEQ HANS G. JOHNSON, OF l-VAUKON, IOW A,ASSIGNOR OF TlVO-THIRDS TO H. J. BENTLEY AND DOUGLAS DEREMORE, OFALLAMAKEE COUNTY, IOWA.

ATTACHMENT FOR BROOMS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 566,519, dated August25, 1896.

Application filed April 1 3 l8 9 6.

To CbZ-Z whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HANS G. JOHNSON, of W'aukon, in the county ofAlla-niakee and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Attachments for Brooms; and I do hereby declare thefollowiug to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

My invention relates to an improvement in attachments for brooms, theobject being to provide a simple, cheap, and durable atomizer adapted tobe attached to the handle of any ordinary broom for spraying the floorin advance of the broom and for settling any dust arising from theoperation of sweeping.

With this end in view my invention consists in certain novel features ofconstruction and combinations of parts, as will be hereinafter morefully described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure- 1 represents a view of myimprovement attached to the handle of an ordinary broom, and Fig. 2 is adetached sectional view of the same.

A represents a closed reservoir provided centrally with a tube extendingthrough its top and bottom for the passage of a broomhandle, and alsoprovided near i is top and to one. side with a supplemental reservoir 4,adapted to be supplied with water or a disinfecting solution or powderin a manner to be hereinafter described. The reservoir is preferablysituated near the top of said main reservoir, and is in directcommunication with the discharge-pipes 5 5, the lower ends of whichterminate just above the bottom of the supplemental reservoir. To thetop of reservoir A are secured the lower ends of brace-rods 6 6, whilethe upper ends of the latter are secured to the back plate of bellows 7.These braces are designed to support the reservoir when the latter is inits inoperative position on the broom-handle. Bellows 7 consist of ametallic back plate 8, provided with an annular grooved flange 9 and ayielding or elastic diaphragm 10, which latter is secured to said backplate by the ring 11. To the rear face of back plate 10 is securedSerial No. 587,337. (No model.)

a spring-clamp 12, provided with a thumbscrew 13 for securing said clampto the broomhandle. This clamp not only acts as means of support forbellows 7, but also locks the reservoir against vertical movement on thebroom-handle.

Reservoir A and bellows 7 are connected by the air-pipe 1a, which latteris provided at a point near its juncture with top of reservoir A withthe branch pipes l5 15, the discharge ends of which are in closeproximity to the discharge ends of pipes 5 5, which, as before stated,project upwardly through the top of reservoir A.

Secured to the sides of reservoir A is the lever 15, which is preferablymade from a single piece of wire bent in the form shown, the bentportion thereof being provided with a metal plate 16, through the mediumof which the diaphragm 10 of bellows '7 is compressed.

To place my attachment on a broom-handle, the free end of the broom ispassed through the tube 1 until the desired relative position issecured. The reservoir is then looked to the broom-handle by tighteningthumb-screw 13. The use of my attachment on a broom involves no extralabor on the sweeper or operator other than the filling of reservoir A,which is very slight and is accomplished by pouring the water or otherliquid or powder used through opening 16, said opening when in itsnormal position being closed by the screw-cap 17.

In operation the motion of the broom to and fro causes a portion of theliquid contained in the main reservoir to be thrown into supplementalreservoir 4t, and the continued motion of said broom will continue tofurnish the supplemental reservoir with the required amount of liquid orpowder. The liquid in reservoir 4D is then forced up throughdischarge-pipes 5 5 by the pressure of air forced into the reservoir bythe bellows 7. This air-pressure on the inside of the reservoir causesthe liquid to rise in the dischargepipes, while the blast from thebranch pipes blows it in the form of a spray over the carpet or floor,and not only operates to prevent dust from rising, but also causes anydust that may rise to be quickly settled by the spray. If desired, adisinfecting solution or powder can be employed in the reservoir insteadof water.

It is evident that changes in the construction and relative arrangementof the several parts might be made without avoiding my invention, andhence I would have it understood that I do not restrict myself to theparticular construction and arrangement of parts shown and described;but,

Having full described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. An attachment for brooms consisting of a reservoir, a bellows, anair-pipe leading from the bellows into the reservoir, dischargepipeleading out of the reservoir, and branch pipe leading from the air-pipeand terminatingin proximity to the outer end of the dislows and mainreservoir, discharge-pipes leading from the supplemental reservoir andmeans for spraying the liquid or powder when discharged, substantiallyas set forth.

4. An attachment for brooms, con sisting of a main reservoir and asupplemental reservoir, a bellows, an air-pipe connecting the bellowsand main reservoir, discharge-pipes leading from the supplementalreservoir and branch pipes connected with the air-pipe for spraying theliquid as it is discharged, substantially as set forth.

5. A broom attachment, consisting of a reservoir provided with a centralpassageway and a supplemental reservoir, a bellows, a handle forcompressing the bellows, an airpipe connecting the bellows and mainreservoir, discharge-pipes leading from the sup plemental reservoir,branch pipes connected with the air-pipe for spraying the liquid as itis discharged and a spring-clampfor securing the attachment to abroom-handle, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscrib ing witnesses.

HANS G. JOHNSON.

\Vitnesses G. A. BAKKUM, A. O. TWEET.

